Genesis 19:28:14Gen.19.28.W14TAB
הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃
hakivshan
“the furnace”
- Transliteration
- ha-kiv-SHAN
- Extended
- hah-kiv-SHAAN
- IPA
- /ha.kiv.ˈʃaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the furnace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-kiv-SHAN
- clause
va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN
- sentence
va-yash-KEF al-pe-NEI se-DOM va-a-mo-RA ve-al-kol-pe-NEI E-rets ha-ki-KAR va-YAR ve-hin-NE a-LA ki-TOR ha-A-rets ke-ki-TOR ha-kiv-SHAN
Exegesis
The simile kekitor hakivshan {כְּקִיטֹר הַכִּבְשָׁן | kə-qî-ṭōr ha-kib-šān} ‘like the smoke of the furnace’ heightens the destructive imagery. The formal reconstruction retains the coordinated structure and the phrase “and behold” to mirror the Hebrew pacing, while the dynamic version restructures into two sentences for brisk, contemporary impact.
Root and etymology
k-b-shkaf–bet–shin
“to bake, to subdue”
In context — Genesis 19:28
And he looked out over the surface of Sodom and Gomorrah and over all the surface of the land of the plain, and he saw—and behold—smoke was rising from the land like the smoke of a furnace.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:28:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 19:28, so the Hebrew word הַכִּבְשָֽׁן׃ (hakivshan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.19.28.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.28.W14.S1) and character.